2017-04-07 - The research of the chemistry department is highlighted in this LAS News Article.

2017-02-28 - Postdoctoral fellow Semin Lee designed a method for synthesizing conjugated nanohoops, which are reminiscent of the shortest segment of a carbon nanotube. Beckman Institute News

2017-03-30 - Congratulations to Freddy Nguyen, a 2015 Illinois Chemistry PhD graduate, who was chosen for a prestigious Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award. Nguyen is a postdoctoral researcher at MIT working on development of nanosensors for in vivo monitoring of cancer therapeutics. According to Nguyen, "The research I am planning to pursue is focused on the development of nanoscale...

2016-09-12 - Fuel cells have long held promise as power sources, but low efficiency has created obstacles to realizing that promise. Researchers at the University of Illinois and collaborators have identified the active form of an iron-containing catalyst for the trickiest part of the process: reducing oxygen gas, which has two oxygen atoms, so that it can break apart and combine with ionized hydrogen to make...

2016-11-04 - New program boosts junior faculty for outstanding teaching and research. Alison was chosen for her development of sustainable catalysts for use in industry and her exemplary and innovative teaching abilities. Six assistant professors have been recognized for their exceptional accomplishments in teaching and research as part of a new program to highlight and encourage the contributions of...

2016-11-21 - Chad Rienstra is among six Illinois faculty members elected as 2016 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

2016-11-18 - Yi Lu and Catherine Murphy have been named to the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list for 2016. Read Full Story

2017-01-05 - Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Lydia Kisley, who was featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List for 2017. The annual list highlights innovators who are under 30 years old and work in a variety of different industries, from media to manufacturing. Kisley was included on the healthcare list. Kisley, 28, is a Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois....

2016-12-13 - A professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois has been nationally recognized for demonstrating a “prolific spirit of innovation.” Kenneth Suslick, Marvin T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).  The National Academy...

2016-10-01 - Jonathan V. Sweedler, Professor of Chemistry and Director of the School of Chemical Sciences, received a NIH grant for his BRAIN Initiative: Integrated Multimodal Analysis of Cell and Circuit-Specific Processes in Hippocampal Function.

2016-12-31 - Paul Hergenrother is this year's recipient of the Innovation Transfer Award - University of Illinois.

2016-08-01 - Illinois professors Nancy Sottos and Andrew Gerwith developed a method to comprehensively measure the mechanical stress and strain in lithium-ion batteries. It revealed a point of stress in charging that, if addressed through new methods or materials, could lead to faster-charging batteries.  Batteries that charge faster and have greater capacity could boost portable electronic devices and...

2016-08-01 - Chemists led by University of Illinois professor M. Christina White and graduate student Thomas Osberger found that two small-molecule iron catalysts can oxidize chiral amino acids and peptides to an array of unnatural forms, giving researchers more options for developing drug candidates.

2016-08-01 - Four University of Illinois chemists, Prashant K. Jain, Jeffrey S. Moore, Catherine Jones Murphy and Ralph G. Nuzzo were among the most highly cited authors as determined by Elsevier Scopus Data. They were among the top 300 of all researchers cited. Professor Jain was among the most highly cited in Chemical Engineering. Professors Moore, Murphy and Nuzzo were cited in the Materials Science and...

2016-07-01 - Elena Montoto was awarded a Ford Foundation predoctoral fellowship.